606 DICOTYLEDONEÆX. MELOTHRIA., 
hort. Petrop., Flor., Webb.); ad Menisa (Schimper in herb. Boiss. et 
Mus. Par.); ad Habáb (Hildebrandt n. 614 in herb. Vindob.); in 
Cordofan (Figari in herb. Flor.); in Fernando-Po (Mann n. 628 in 
herb. Kew.). 
33. M. lucida; foliis ovato-cordatis, supra nitidis et scabrius- 
culis, subtus glaberrimis leevibusque; floribus masculis breviter pedun- 
culatis, in axillis 3-7-glomeratis, rarissime breviter racemosis ; calyce 
glabro; floribus femineis solitariis in iisdem axillis cum masculis; 
fructu oblongo, lxvi; seminibus tenuiter marginatis. — Pilogyne lu- 
cida Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 5, p. 36, tab. 6. — Zehneria lu- 
cida Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 559. | 
Planta perennans, alte scandens, ramosissima, dense frondosa. 
5-6-metralis; radice fibrosa non tuberiformi; caule basi digitum 
crasso, flagellisque primariis suffrutescentibus, cortice albicante tet- 
tis, cseteris gracilibus, herbaceis, glabris, levibus. Petiolus satis gra- 
cilis, striatus, glaber, 3-4 cent. longus. Folia membranacea, supr 
intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 7-10 cent. longa, 5-8 cent. 
lata, apice breviter acuminata, integra vel rarius angulato-sub-3-5-10- 
bata, margine sinuato-denticulata; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 
‘4-1 */, cent. profundus. Cirrhi subfiliformes, elongati, sulcati, glabri. 
Peduneulus masculus gracilis, '/,-1 cent. longus. Calycis tubus late 
campanulatus, basi rotundatus; dentes subulati, '/, mill. longi. Co- 
rolla alba vel albo-virens, 3 mill. lata, segmentis patulis, ovato-oblon- 
gis, acutis, pilosis. Staminum filamenta crassa, glabra, subnulla ; al: 
theræ suborbiculares, loculis leviter incurvatis, glabris. Pedunculus 
fructiferus 1-3 mill. longus. Fructus glaber, ruber, 15-18 mill. longus. 
8-10 mill. crassus. Semina spurco-alba, leevia, basi leviter attenuata, 
3 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. : 
In Madagascar (Commerson in herb. Webb. et Deless.); prope Ta- 
nanarivo (Goudot n. 23 in herb. Deless.); in insul. Comores ad Ar 
jouan (Boivin in herb. Mus. Par.); in insul. Mohely (Boivin in herb. 
Brit. Mus.); ad Mayotte (Boivin n. 3303 in herb. Mus. par); ?2 
Angola, distr. Golungo Alto (Welwitsch n. 862 in herb. Brit. Mus.) 
34. M. Angolensis; foliis ambitu ovato-suborbicularibus, eviter 
vel interdum fere usque ad basim trilobatis, supra scabris, SU)" 
glabris leevibusque; floribus masculis brevissime pedunculatis, f25** 
culatis; calyce glabro; floribus femineis sæpius fasciculatis; Le 
globoso, tenuiter retieulato; seminibus distincte marginats. 
Zehneria Angolensis Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 559. 
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